"Ever since I was little, I was fascinated with learning how to lucid dream. I used to make dream journals, do reality checks, try the 'remember what door you came from' trick—anything to get in control of my dream. Eventually, I got so good at it that I could create my entire dream the way I wanted. A couple months ago, I had a dream that I was sitting on the dock at night with my friend. My friend...

"When I was five years old, I told my parents I wanted to be a veterinarian.
Four years later, I told them I wanted to be a marine biologist.
Three years after that, I told them I wanted to be a cancer researcher. Then, after taking AP Biology, I realized I was too dumb, so that goal quickly changed into something more realistic.
Finally, during junior year, I 'decided' that I wanted to...

"I died twice last year. I was in the hospital for the entire year. First off with the hip surgery, and then I got an aneurism, where my blood vessels got tangled, and I also got Deep Vein Thrombosis, which is when a blood clot caused my leg to lose oxygen and die. The doctor had to take out all of the dead tissue, and it took almost a year before I could get up. That was very traumatic. It’s a very...